A Savannah man’s attempt to avoid a fine for driving without a license after a minor accident brought more charges when the car he was driving crashed again in front of a police precinct while one shift was arriving and another leaving, Savannah-Chatham County police reported.

Charles Cory Morris, 25, of a Helen Street address was apprehended by Downtown Precinct officers as he tried to flee a head-on collision at Richards Street and Lathrop Avenue about 3 p.m. Thursday, police said.

Police said he had first been involved in a minor crash at Louisville Road and West Boundary Street, where his car struck the rear end of a Toyota pickup. Morris was trying to convince the other driver not to call police when a responding officer walked up to the conversation, investigators said.

Morris walked slowly to the turquoise 1991 Camaro he had been driving and sped away, eventually coming upon a second accident where a second officer was standing, unaware the Camaro was fleeing from a crash, said police spokesman Julian Miller.

To avoid that officer, Miller said Morris turned onto Lathrop and then onto Richards Street, where the Camaro collided with a second Toyota pickup in front of the Downtown Precinct, where detectives were disbanding a meeting and two shifts of patrol officers were arriving or leaving.

Morris abandoned the vehicle and attempted to flee but was quickly taken into custody, police said.

He was charged with misdemeanor following too closely and driving with a suspended or revoked driver’s license for the first accident. He also was charged with reckless driving and felony fleeing to elude police for his following actions.